Re:Design lessons from guitar pedals
by LegitShady on Monday July 04, 2022 @06:59PM
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>Anyhow, the question is how much information is displayed at a glance, not "quality of the UI", and your original comment ignores a lot of that information. I'm sorry if pointing that out didn't feel nice to you so you decided to move the goalpost.
I don't think modular synths do a good job conveying lots of information since I have to trace wires across multiple components to try to figure out what is modulated by what. That information is not available 'at a glance'.
They're highly configurable and thus flexible in what they're capable of, but I don't think they convey information well at all.
For playing a gig, the Hydrasynth is a far better UI.
But in general, all these rigs are very specific to their users. I've brought the HS to a lot of traditional jams where keyboard players are.
Most folks can't come up and perform on my hydrasynth, either, unless I show them which 3 knobs to play with for a specific patch.
Each patch is "like a totally custom rig that nobody but you can understand, because you built it".
Anyhow, the question is how much information is displayed at a glance, not "quality of the UI", and your original comment ignores a lot of that information. I'm sorry if pointing that out didn't feel nice to you so you decided to move the goalpost.